did my first track day...........................!!!!

[Triple J]

 Nobody dies at tracks ?

Get real !

Professional Drivers die in single vehicle crashes at tracks.    Dolph

Please point out where I said no one dies at tracks.

That said...it is extremely rare outside of racing (where it is also rare). Many more die on the street, driving as if they were on the track.

I also don't care what you do in your spare time. But trying to convince someone that the street is safer that the track is silly and irresponsible.

[DoubleEagle]

far smaller % than those who are being stupid on a public road.

Yes I agree, but which % do you think Beck falls into.

The % that drive sanely and never take it beyond a day at the track.

I think from his current and previous posts that he is the type of person who needs bigger and bigger thrills.

I think I see a lot of my traits in him and I just know I would be pushing the fun factor to the max and usually at the far right hand side of the fun factor gauge is a crash.   Dolph

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

like someone mentioned wanted to to really see what my car can do and the safest place in the novice group at the track with an instructor in my passenger seat
I had a blast and everyone there was respectful.

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

Do as I say , not as I do .....................SPEED KILLS !

Have you ever asked yourself where this will all lead you ?

If you want to be a Professional Driver , then I guess you are on the right track.

If you just need to go faster and faster and have the rushes be bigger and longer I see a missed corner or a wall in your future.

Speed and Adrenaline are as dangerous as smoking Pot , snorting Cocaine and finally going for the biggest and longest high...SMACK.

I love speed. I love to go fast , especially on curvy roads in the "hills."

If I keep it up I will end up dead.

If I was on a track I would eventually be that guy who misses a corner , or hits a wall ...because I've got to be 1st.

At least in the " hills " I'm only racing against myself.  Dolph    

these were not timed races
in the novice group you pretty much were alone the hole time maybe seeing one car which was awesome
sorry but i would never hit 145 mph breaking before a corner and then taking teh corner at 80 mph on the hills LOL
even when in my teens

[bluemoco]

I did my first track day last August with the ACNA at Road America.  It was a TON of fun.

I can't believe that they let a first-timer like you take some laps without an instructor in the car.  That's a real surprise.  At the ACNA event, there was no way in hell that they'd let a first-timer on the track without an instructor - even during the last sessions of the driving school.

can i run my Tahoe? i can safety wire the drain plug.

No way will they let you bring a street truck onto the track, least of all a fat slug like a Tahoe.  They're way too slow and the rollover risk is just too high.  Generally speaking, even the Porsche, BMW, and Audi clubs won't allow owners of their respective SUVs onto the track for club events.



Anyway Beck, I understand how you can get addicted to that deal.  Road America is a terrific track, and I'm dyin' to go back. 

Did you stay at Siebken's hotel?  That's a classic place to stay, and the bar is a fun place to hang out.  

[junior varsity]

tahoe a fat slug?!? i dunno what you are talkin' about.

[bluemoco]

tahoe a fat slug?!? i dunno what you are talkin' about.

 

OK.  Just "slug" then. 

[duccarlos]

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[junior varsity]

 

OK.  Just "slug" then. 

it is, at least, Red.

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

oh man just found out the friend i made there wrecked his viper on sunday the day i didn't attend... hope hes ok
i have a pic of the car in teh top post

Viper vs. Road America's Kink - The aftermath

[sbrguy]

Yes I agree, but which % do you think Beck falls into.

The % that drive sanely and never take it beyond a day at the track.

I think from his current and previous posts that he is the type of person who needs bigger and bigger thrills.

I think I see a lot of my traits in him and I just know I would be pushing the fun factor to the max and usually at the far right hand side of the fun factor gauge is a crash.   Dolph

Dolph, you are right that there are certain traits to people that make them want to try the more and more thrills till,

1, they get really good and make a profession of it, whatever that is, be it a good or bad thing.
2. push it too far and possibly get injured and never do that again.
3. push it too far and not get hurt too bad and keep pushing even more later.
4. push it too far and not get hurt too bad and stop pushing past that limit.
5. push it and nothing bad happens, they are just that good and live a charmed life.

which one it ends up being, nobody knows till it happens.  he has to figure that out on his own. 

i would rather him do this on a track and possibly only hurt himself rather than the possiblity on the streets of hurting not only himself but another person that "didn't know it was unofficial track day" at the local residential road or "hills" when he pushed it too much.  afterall blind turns are called that for a reason, you don't know what is around the next turn for sure.

if you are going to push the limits do it on the track so that the only people you may possibly hurt will be yourself and other people that assume the risk of going fast on a track at the same time as you, if i don't want to assume that risk i don't go to that track with the person, i only assume the risk of normal driving on the public raods not track racing speeds..

[cyrus buelton]

Good job, Beck! 

That is cool someone taking their actually car out on the track.


(note: haven't tracked either of my bikes, tdi jetta or lexus rx300, but then again......I am a huge wimp)



That is why I haven't tracked my bikes.....

[bluemoco]

Sounds like this track event was, ah, loosely policed.    Hope nobody got seriously hurt in either the Viper or Corvette wreck.  Glad you didn't wad up your Bimmer on your first laps, either. 

Who sponsored this event at Road America?  Was it a car owners' club event (porsche, BMW, etc.)?   Was the track wet or something?  Seems like a lot of 'incidents'.

A Viper would be fun, but also a handful at RA.  It's a high-horsepower track, so I can only imagine what his top speeds were (likely 160+, if he stayed in the gas all the way down the main straight).  I also know the Kink - when I was on track last summer, I was typically coming out of the Carousel and entering the Kink at 95mph, with my right foot firmly planted.     I didn't have the stomach (or horsepower) to push much faster on all-season tires.   

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

Sounds like this track event was, ah, loosely policed.    Hope nobody got seriously hurt in either the Viper or Corvette wreck.  Glad you didn't wad up your Bimmer on your first laps, either. 

Who sponsored this event at Road America?  Was it a car owners' club event (porsche, BMW, etc.)?   Was the track wet or something?  Seems like a lot of 'incidents'.

A Viper would be fun, but also a handful at RA.  It's a high-horsepower track, so I can only imagine what his top speeds were (likely 160+, if he stayed in the gas all the way down the main straight).  I also know the Kink - when I was on track last summer, I was typically coming out of the Carousel and entering the Kink at 95mph, with my right foot firmly planted.     I didn't have the stomach (or horsepower) to push much faster on all-season tires.   

fastest i took the kink was 105

it was their event

http://roadamerica.fbody.us/

[DoubleEagle]

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